anyhow2503
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- Comment on Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 2 weeks ago:
Call me a coward but I can’t blame someone for not having the strength to keep that up. Especially if it causes friction with your coworkers who you have to interact with every day.
- Comment on Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 2 weeks ago:
I’m convinced that the way we use AI and the way it is marketed by corporations will force us to recognize the fundamental divide between people who genuinely care for human progress and building a better tomorrow and those who either don’t care at all or have a very warped and egocentric view of progress. I’m glad that what is described in this blog post hasn’t reached my day job yet, but I’d be lying if I said I’m not worried that it’s only a matter of time. It’s difficult to not feel extremely disillusioned by the current state of the world.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
Adaptations can be niche, weird and interesting too, but original anime just tend to utilize the medium more fully and even push the boundaries occasionally. It really is a shame that almost no studios are willing to take the perceived risk of original concepts without an established following.
- Comment on Anon was bullied 2 weeks ago:
This completely depends on your age and what kind of peers you were surrounded by. You’re nuts if you think no one was ever bullied for liking stuff because it was mainstream at the time and place you grew up in. Kids can be vicious little creatures and would bully you for liking the wrong Pokémon when I was in school.
There’s probably something very wrong with you if you actually think that bullying is acceptable under any circumstances. Even if some kid is behaving weirdly or likes something deeply unpopular - so what? That’s not harmful behaviour and even if it somehow was, bullying is still the wrong way to deal with that. I barely trust most adults to have a working moral compass, let alone kids. I know there’s been a resurgence in this kind of thinking on social media where people push the idea that bullying is an acceptable form of social “correctional” behaviour, which isn’t just incredibly stupid but also deeply disgusting. If you look at any of the most serious bullying cases of teenagers being driven to suicide by their schoolmates, none of it was ever justified or even had an apparent reason other than: this person makes for an easy target.
- Comment on Future 2 weeks ago:
Network access can make sense if you want to be notified when your wash is done. Some cycles don’t have a preset running time. You can do some neat stuff with home automation. None of that should require internet access or use a cloud service controlled by the manufacturer.
- Comment on Forensic Poetry 2 weeks ago:
I really hate the sentiment that you must be under the influence of something to reach a certain level of creativity. Some artists have found success with this and that’s fine, but it is not a requirement. Not even for the most surreal and otherworldly art.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
The “political stuff” about the birthdate field is completely overblown, as per usual with systemd. Binary logs aren’t that big a deal either. Like Torvalds said, those are details you can disagree with but it doesn’t mean you should dismiss the entire project because of it. Your comment is probably the first one I’ve read in this community that doesn’t boil down to: “I read somewhere that systemd doesn’t follow unix philosophy, yuck!”. That was kind of my entire point.
I wouldn’t even complain about it, if people here just stuck to shitposting instead of this thinly wrapped “I like/dislike X, please fight about it in the comments :)” bait.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
There are legitimate reasons to criticise systemd and I’m completely certain that they will never be posted in this community. I swear if I have to read some stupid comment about the unix philosphy from someone who has no idea what systemd is, which parts are optional or what init looked like before this stupid twenty year long debate…
- Comment on ```curl -u "lab_tech:olympic_medalist" https://usa-curling.org/podium``` 2 months ago:
The US spends a shit-ton of money on sports… as long as it’s basketball, baseball, football or soccer. Stadium construction for those sports is breaking records in the US and all of those projects are heavily subsidized. It’s a giant, capitalist industry and as such it is propped up by tax money, lol.
- Comment on Is audiophile bullshit cheating? 4 months ago:
At some point one must have considered wearing the speakers on their head…
- Comment on 4 months ago:
I don’t think that’s trivial to filter.
- Comment on Totally 6 months ago:
Chemical burns might make for a decent distraction maybe?
- Comment on Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod? 6 months ago:
They are trying to appear human. Somehow that seems to involve cathing invisible fish.
- Comment on What strategy would you use to estimate the number of hazelnuts 8 months ago:
- Set lower bound by counting how many are visible in the photo
- Grow disinterested
- Guess some number above the result from step 1
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 8 months ago:
It’s incredibly surprising that neglecting infrastructure investments for a mere few decades would have such an effect.
- Comment on How Bad Is Tap Water for Health? | Dr. Andrew Huberman 8 months ago:
Who pissed in your cereal this morning?
- Comment on How Bad Is Tap Water for Health? | Dr. Andrew Huberman 8 months ago:
No. It’s important to me that people realize why they shouldn’t blindly trust a blanket statement about the safety of tap water. I’m expecting even the most impatient readers (like you, apparently) to digest that whole extra sentence. Sue me.
- Comment on How Bad Is Tap Water for Health? | Dr. Andrew Huberman 8 months ago:
In most places it’s fine, in many places it’s superior to bottled water, in some places it’s a health hazard. Tourists should always do some basic research beforehand.
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 9 months ago:
This isn’t an issue if you give private information to “good” companies since they don’t suffer data breaches. Make sure to check their website for the authentic “good company” seal.
- Comment on Fuck you i'm closing my eyes 9 months ago:
Could be a YTP quote
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
There’s no way you could even frame this as a donation.
- Comment on You have my consent to kill me 10 months ago:
There’s a link for alternate packings on that page, where you can see older versions, some with more aesthetically pleasing patterns of minimal tilted squares or symmetry. All of them use a larger value for
sthough and it’s hard to tell where your version would fit in. - Comment on 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events 10 months ago:
Probably why the comment you replied to didn’t say that at all.
- Comment on "I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games 11 months ago:
- Comment on "I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games 11 months ago:
Of course. I’m literally shaking with pure rage.
- Comment on "I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games 11 months ago:
You have no idea how the people complaining about video game prices spend their money. You just disagree with them and make shit up apparently.
- Comment on "I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games 11 months ago:
1992 was a very different time with very different market conditions and consumer behaviour for video games. Games used to have a much greater perceived entertainment value, despite their relatively small development budgets compared with today. They were also entirely physical media and renting was still a very common way to play them. From what I remember, it wasn’t the most financially accessible hobby either. Most of my friends growing up didn’t have permanent access to their own gaming console and not everyone that did had all the latest games. Nowadays, the gaming market is completely saturated with high quality titles, most of which are fairly cheap as well if you don’t buy them on release.
In any case: Super Mario Bros 3 came out in 1988 and released 1990 and 1991 for the US and Europe respectively. It also didn’t cost $59 and your inflation calculation seems off…
- Comment on Anon is a reader 1 year ago:
There’s a Super Smash Bros Brawl fanfiction with over 4.1 million words. It used to hold some kind of unofficial record for the longes piece of english fiction, but I think there’s longer ones out there now.
- Comment on Developers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines" 1 year ago:
The guidelines for Windows developers kinda suck tbh. Maybe it’s better these days, but plenty of weird legacy software behaviour can be blamed on MSDN.
- Comment on Supreme Commander HelpLine 1 year ago:
Sorry, no idea. I think I’ve only ever watched other people play multiplayer supcom and the few tutorials I watched were for Forged Alliance Forever. This is the kind of stuff I was watching a decade ago. Check it out if you’re into old gameplay videos with a crusty mic track. :D
